by Moody AdamsMyHealthNewsDaily features an article on how alcohol affects your health. Worldwide, 4 percent of all cancer deaths are due to alcohol use the report shows. Alcohol, even 2 beers or a large glass of wine a day, can increase cancer risk by four percent. In breast cancer cases it can cut 18 years from your life.

The most fatal cancers in men that are linked to alcohol are in the larynx and the esophagus. They killed approximately 6,000 men a year.